Dr. Dobson's Handbook of Family Advice

Dobson Dr. James

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Families worldwide seek the godly guidance of respected counselor and internationally recognized radio host Dr. James Dobson. Now in this helpful collection, families young and old have quick access to Dr. Dobson's advice and wisdom to nurture their marriages and children with love, grace, and biblical preparedness.Through engaging stories and relatable examples, Dr. Dobson helps readers:make family time a prioritydeal with job and financial pressuresforgive and love unconditionallysuccessfully maneuver the tween and teen years share God's love and truths by exampleThis collection of Dr. Dobson's sought-after expertise and encouraging insights will be referred to many times as families seek leading in vital topics including adolescence, money, marriage, discipline, and much more.

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• Publié par: Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
• Date de parution: 01 août 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780736943741
• Langue: English

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Cover by Koechel Peterson Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Author photos by Harry Langdon: harrylangdon.com
Adapted from two previously published books: Home with a Heart: Encouragement for Families and Coming Home: Timeless Wisdom for Families .
DR. DOBSON S HANDBOOK OF FAMILY ADVICE
Copyright 1996/1998 by Dr. James C. Dobson, PhD
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dobson, James C., 1936-
Dr. Dobson s handbook of family advice / James Dobson.
p. cm.
Adapted from: Home with a heart. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, c1996. Coming home. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House, c1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 978-0-7369-4373-4 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-4374-1 (eBook)
1. Families-Religious life. 2. Parenting-Religious aspects-Christianity. 3. Christian life.
I. Dobson, James C., 1936- Home with a heart. II. Dobson, James C., 1936- Coming home. III. Title. IV. Title: Doctor Dobson s handbook of family advice. V. Title: Handbook of family advice.
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CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Boundaries
The Security of Boundaries
Mom s Football Team
Children and Materialism
Children and Television
2. Communication
Learning to Communicate Feelings
The First Five Minutes
Differing Assumptions
The Apology
The Fine Art of Conversation
A Better Way of Moving On
Families at the Dinner Table
3. Community and Compassion
Our Civic Duty
A Simple Bag of Groceries
Helping a Single Mom
Respect for the Elderly
Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts
Togetherness
4. Confidence Through Encouragement
A Star in the Apple
The Lollipop
Mistaken Identity
Flattery Versus Praise
That s OK, Jake
5. Conflict
Letting Children Express Anger
Learning to Fight Fair
Power Games
Temper Tirades
6. Discipline
Challenge the Chief
Parental Authority
Shakespeare and Me
Mom Goes to School
Linking Behavior to Consequences
Using Reinforcement and Extinction
7. Divorce
A New Warning Label
Strangers Marrying Strangers
The Legacy of Divorce
The Real Cost of Divorce
Blended Families
The Second Time Around
But, Daddy
8. Education and Learning
Why We Study
Learning to Write Right
Home Schooling
Myelinization
The Walleyed Pike
Homework for Kids: Good or Bad?
More Homework
Get Em Organized
The Classic Underachiever
The Underachieving Child
Who s at Fault?
9. Emotions
Cradles of Eminence
Engine and Caboose
Depressed Children
Dishonest Emotions
Inveterate Liars
Terrors by Night
The Earthquake
10. Fatherhood
Fathers and Daughters
A Good Man, Who Can Find?
Fathers and the Empty Nest
Tim and Christine Burke
A Great Father
Of Elephants and Teenagers
MacArthur
11. Getting Older
Your Birthday
It s Never Too Late
Talking Scale
Four on Four
The Last Leaf on the Tree
Grandma s off Her Rocker
12. Grace and Forgiveness
A Great Cup of Tea
You Always Bite the One You Love
The Only Cure for Bitterness
Love Is Having to Say I m Sorry
Forgiveness in Paducah
13. Health and Safety
Keeping the Brain Healthy
Infant Mortality
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
The Ultimate Child Abuse
View from the Emergency Room
Children and Exercise
A Word for Alcoholics
Needle Park
Preventing Deafness
A Little Bit Helps
Steroid Madness
14. Independence
The Battle for Control
The Wrenching Task of Letting Go
Preparing for College
Freedom and Independence
Rumspringa
Give Em a Push!
15. Joy
Sunday, a Day of Rest
Holiday Brattiness
Toddlerhood Traumas
Return to Mayberry
Exploring the World of Nature
A Poem
Kids Say the Neatest Things
16. Legacy
Preserving Your Family Heritage
The Magnificent Flying Machine
A Child s View of Grandma
The Wonders of God s Creation
My Friend Wendy
How to Help a Sick Mom
A Model Soldier
The Battle of the Somme
Christmas Memories
17. Life Lessons
Grabbing Those Teachable Moments
Whomever
Jeep Fenders
Quantity Versus Quality at Home
The Bulldog and the Scottie
The Little Girl in the Airport
The Captain and the Seaman
Tetherball Terror
One-Horse Open Sleigh
18. Love
Unconditional Love from a Child
A Scrawny Cat
Loving Hands
Freedom and Respect
Mindy
19. Marriage
Preparing for the Big Day
Keeping the Boats Together
Defending the Line of Respect
High-Voltage Marriages
Anticipating Life s Challenges
Home Is Where the Heart Is
When Honesty Is Cruel
Legend of the Taj Mahal
After the Fight Is Over
The Straight Life
Beating the Doldrums
Mystery in Marriage
For Better or for Worse
20. Money
Money Matters
The Millionaire
Rich Kids
Home Business
How Much Is Enough?
21. Motherhood
Dad as the Interpreter of Mom
It s All Hard Work
Mom as the Interpreter of Dad
In Recognition of Mothers
Combating Soul Hunger
Maintaining a Reserve Army
Full-Time Mothers
22. Parenting
Sending the Roots Down Deep
How Tough Is Parenting?
Busy Fathers and Exhausted Mothers
A Word About Parental Guilt
Peace in the Neighborhood
Compulsive Parenting
Avoiding Revolution at Home
The Window of Opportunity
Beating Burnout
Carving the Stone
The Longest Task
The Empty Nest
23. Parenting Children
The Nurturance of Babies
Babies Are Listening
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Building Confidence in the Preteen
Preparing for Adolescence
Of Balloons and Children
The Antecedents of Disease
The Hurried Child
Ordinary Kids
Maximizing Your Child s Potential
Green Runway Lights
24. Parenting Teens
Kids Are like Kites
Choosing Your Battles with Care
Compensatory Skills
The Attack of the Killer Hormones
Teens Before Their Time
Who s at Fault When Kids Go Bad?
Getting Past the Negative Ions
Pachyderms and Teenagers
The Launch
Predators in the Tall Grass
You Don t Trust Me
Talking to a Teen
The Hallway of Doors
Sheep Led to Slaughter
25. Priorities
The Disease of Materialism
It s the Simple Things That Count
Heaven s Gate
The Greatest Danger
Echo from Eternity
Dad, I Never Really Knew You
The Game of Life
Fame
Bill and Frank
26. Self-Esteem and Self-Respect
Happily Ever After
Mutual Admiration
Shifting Standards of Human Worth
The Victimization of Everyone
A No-Knock Policy
Princess Diana
The Most Rejected Man of His Time
Barbie and Her Pals
Teenie Barbies
No More Showers
27. Sex, Dating, and Purity
New Rules to the Courtship Game
The Great Condom Caper
Children Having Children
The Great Safe-Sex Scam
Children at Risk
Bundy s Last Words
Waiting for the Glue to Dry
28. Siblings
Raising Cain and Abel, Too
Fences Make Good Neighbors
29. Single Parenting
With Love to the Single Mom
Raising Boys Alone
Robin in a Rainstorm
30. Stress
The Toughest Hour of the Day
No Place to Hide
Stress and the Human Body
31. Support and Security
Through the Darkness
Defending the Underdog
My Kid s a Superstar
Necessary Separation
I Wish
Little Ears
Why They Kill
32. Trials
Perseverance
A Forgotten Monument
Lowering Expectations
Going Down for the Third Time
Little Boy Blue
Bees and Flies
Ride down the Rogue
Chippie the Parakeet
Men of the Civil War
33. Understanding Your Child
Two Kinds of Kids
Protecting the Compliant Child
Blank Slate or Complex Individual?
The Class Clown
Nature or Nurture?
Go with the Flow
Temperaments and Kids
The Shy Child
Fresh Graves
Inexplicable Behavior
Notes
INTRODUCTION
T hank you for your interest in this book, which we have titled Dr. Dobson s Handbook of Family Advice . It is a compilation of many of my favorite commentaries addressing the subjects of children; marriage; teenagers; grandparents; single parents; public, private, and home schools; blended families; medical research; and dozens of related topics. I hope you ll find these suggestions helpful and practical for your own home.
The concepts and ideas included in this book were drawn from hundreds of radio and television commentaries aired throughout the United States and in more than 100 other countries on six continents. The listening audience is estimated to be in excess of 220 million people every day.
How do we explain such broad interest in family-related topics among the peoples of the world? This appetite for information is a relatively recent development. What we are observing now, however, is that millions of husbands and wives are concerned about the enormous challenges that are plaguing the institutions of marriage and parenthood. Indeed, the human family is a small community that is facing universal problems, including divorce, drugs, infidelity, juvenile delinquency, violence, and many other difficulties. This appears to explain why families in diverse cultures are suddenly receptive to timeless advice that is based on the wisdom of the Judeo-Christian system of values.
The commentaries you are about to read were written in a 90-second format, which makes them concise and to the point. I think you will enjoy them. Some are practical. Some are spiritual. Some are serious. Some are humorous. And some are intended simply to inspire the better angels within us. In the end, each commentary is designed to ma